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Oh! And thank my cousin (MOSI3) for getting this up, she threatened (well actually did) hold my laptop hostage so I could not get any work done.

Nine

Five weeks ago she would never have imagined her life like this. Five weeks ago she was…well…obviously slightly smaller than she was at present. But all that time ago she never would have pictured this to happen:

She weaved her way through some unknown area, Jane's hands clasped over her eyes and a small hand tugging her in the direction of what she thought of some kind of surprise. She had one of her hands resting on top of her belly, a position that has become quite common over these past few months as her baby grew.

"Just a few more feet, Teresa," she felt Jane's breath tickle the back of her neck, sending shivers down her spine and leaving gooseflesh in the aftermath. She knew he was smiling; he always had this affect on her, much to her dismay. It usually left her blushing.

"Patrick, just tell me what you're doing," his thumb brushed across her brow as she heard him chuckle, "Patrick…"

"C'mon Auntie Tessie! B'fore um…Mr. Wayne steals all the…uh food!" this time she did stop in her tracks. Raymond continued to pull on her hand as she turned her head, towards Jane. She reached up with her free hand and pulled his hands away from her eyes.

Once she finally made eye contact, she raised an eyebrow, "A baby shower?" her voice became more high-pitched as gratitude filled her eyes.

Jane tilted his head to the side, smiled and looked down at Raymond. He winked at the small boy, "Ray, why don't you go stop Mr. Wayne from stealing all the food?" it was more of a suggestion, one that made the boy beam up at them both and run through the French doors of…a new…large house?

"Where are we?"

Jane smiled softly, "Home," his voice was quiet, Lisbon continued to look around at her surroundings. Beautiful hard wood floors, stairs leading up endlessly, a beautiful light fixture hung from the ceiling…this was out of her budget.

Once Jane felt that she had drank in enough of her surroundings, he cupped her chin and tilted her head towards him. Tears pricked her eyes as a sudden sense of fear bubbled up inside her. Owning a house together…with Jane showed signs of intimacy and a future. Yes, she had wanted a decent life with him, Ray, and their currently unborn child, but a house like this? Yes, he was right, her apartment was way too small to raise two children and house two adults, but maybe another larger apartment? Or a smaller…cheaper home?

But this also showed her that he was ready to move on. The pain of losing his wife and child was still there, it always will be, but he felt lighter…the ability to move on. Sure, the hunt for Red John was still on for him, but he wanted to focus on the now, that was with her. With her he acquired Ray and their baby.

"Home?" she echoed softly, eyes searching his as he brought his lips down carefully down on hers. It was quick, nothing dramatic or inappropriate in case someone was watching. Preferably no one, but one could never be too sure, "Why?"

He shrugged his shoulders, "Your apartment was too small."

"B-but Jane, this place is," she took in a deep breath and looked out the French doors to the spacious yard out back, "Huge," he gave her his traditional one hundred watt grin, as expected.

He nodded and patted the side of her arm before moving it down and placing it over her hand currently residing on her belly. His thumb moved over her knuckles as he leaned in closer to her ear, "In case of more," with that he stepped away from her and moved towards the French doors. She stood dazed.

She opened her mouth, about ready to say something. She looked down at her belly, from this perspective it took up most of her vision. She then looked back up, only to see Raymond darting into the room, all jumpy from a probably sugar rush.

"Mr. Patrick! Don't…uh worry!" Jane raised an eyebrow and looked out the doors once more, "Mr. Wayne didn't eat everything!" he then ran out the door. Lisbon waddled towards Jane. Once she came up to him, she rested her head on his shoulder and leaned into him.

"Apparently Ray's gonna eat everything," she chuckled loudly and he looked down at her, wrapped an arm around her shoulders, and pressed a kiss to her forehead, "And the team with think that this is an ordinary outing," he released her and moved out the door. He reached back in and grasped her smaller hand in his and tugged her out the door and carefully down the steps.

Jane cleared his throat, alerting everyone in the yard to turn and look at them both. Lisbon tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and smiled softly as Minelli pulled Ray in his lap, the small boy laughing as he clutched a can of root beer.

Lisbon furrowed her brow, moved away from Jane and moved towards her boss, "Virgil? What the hell are you thinking?" Minelli looked surprised that his pregnant agent came at him with such a ferocity, "You don't give a child something with caffeine!" he looked down at what Ray currently held in hand before he raised his hand up to silence her.

"Relax Teresa…"

Her hands turned into fists as she pulled the root beer away from the boy, making him frown and get extremely upset. Tears welded up in his eyes, "What are you thinking?"

She felt a hand on her shoulder, she turned to see Jane smiling, "What?" she asked harshly. He reached forward and plucked the can from her grasp. He turned it around to her field of vision.

"Caffeine free."

She crossed her arms over her chest, looking over at the now sniffling Ray and stunned Minelli, "Well, it still has a lot of sugar."

He nodded, "Yeah, but its only his baby teeth," she hit the side of his arm before she grabbed the can away from him and turned to pick up a plastic cup that sat on top of the table and poured about fifty percent of the can into it. She handed it to Ray and knelet down towards his level.

"Drink only this much," the boy nodded, his mop of dark hair bouncing up and down as he reached for it, she pulled it out of his grasp quickly, "If you promise to brush tonight," he nodded and reached for it again, she handed it to him.

"Thank you," he said politely.

Lisbon placed her hand on her lower back as she stood up slowly. She scrunched her eyes and took a deep breath. Jane put an arm on her shoulder and smiled at her, "Lower back pains?"

"Yeah," she said and hobbled over towards Grace who was itching to hand her a bag with tasteful patterns expertly printed on it.

As she was making her way towards her rookie, she heard a "now hold that with both…" followed by a yelp and a "Sorry Mister Minelli!"

Lisbon chuckled as she sat by Grace, who handed her the gift. She glanced over her shoulder at a now laughing Ray and a slightly…irritated Minelli. Cho peaked over his book once before glancing back towards his favourite novel.

Jane walked over to Cho and pulled the book down, "C'mon Cho, let's watch Lisbon open her gifts!" Cho nodded and plopped his paperback down on the table and inched slightly closer to his boss and colleague. Rigsby joined them, cupcake in hand. Minelli picked up Ray under the arms and carried him over, placing him on the grass before he sat down on a bench.

Lisbon plucked the paper out of the bag and pulled a delicately wrapped frame out. Grace smiled, "I got that for you to place the first family picture in," Lisbon smiled and fingered the beautiful wood before she looked up at Grace and smiled actually at the rookie.

"Thank you," she said softly.

Her gaze was soon averted to a present messily wrapped in blue paper with purple polka dots. There was a red bow on top, not really matching well. She picked it up and shook it playfully.

"That's from me," Rigsby said, mouth full of cupcake. Grace tossed a look over to him, making him swallow the treat, "Sorry."

Lisbon took the bow off first, sticking it on the table before Jane swooped down, picking it up, and placing it on top of Ray's head. The small boy laughed and reached up and took it off to turn around and place it on Minelli.

Once the present was opened, she was glancing at a pack of bodysuits, coming in three different colours for a newborn. She smiled at looked up at Rigsby, "Thank you," he smiled back at her before sitting next to Grace and finishing the rest of his cupcake in one bite, causing Grace to roll her eyes.

Lisbon reached over and picked up a present wrapped in the same colours as the last, the only different was the size and the neatness of the wrapping, "Cho?" the Asian nodded.

"I thought this would come in handy…to keep everything organized once the baby got older…Grace suggested it."

She ripped open the paper to be greeted with something you put bath toys in. She smiled in gratitude at Cho, then at Grace, telling them both a quick thank you. Grace smiled.

"He didn't know what to get for you, so I suggested it when I went to buy the frame."

"It's a great idea, thank you both!" she placed it to the side before she reached over to pick up another; it was bagged like Grace's. Unlike Grace's it was without any tissue paper.

She pulled out a couple bottles of baby shampoo and bath towels for the baby. Soft plush-like washcloths with a large duck printed on the fabric. She smiled and looked over to Minelli and thanked him.

There was a final present, apparently not from Jane. She reached over and picked up the nicely wrapped present. It was apparently shipped from the store without a return address…that she knew of. Jane came towards her and reached to take it out of her grasp.

Everyone leaned forward as he ripped it open and pulled out a plush lamb stuffed animal. It looked innocent and harmless. Jane narrowed his eyes and picked up a note that came with it.

To the Jane Family:

Enjoy your new gift; a baby girl is always a treasure.

Red John.

Jane crumpled the note, a scowl forming over his face as he left the yard. Lisbon reached down and picked it up and read it over quickly before she got up hastily in search of Jane.

This was not good.

….

Later that night Jane found himself in his old house, fireplace lit. He read over the letter, and left just like that. He told Lisbon he needed some time to think, she looked hurt but listened.

He sat down before the fireplace, poked at it once more and clutched the lamb, looking over at it before he tossed it into the fire, watching it burn. The flames licked over the lamb as the white plush toy ignited before it was never to be seen again. The flames reflected on Jane's angry green eyes as he stuffed his hands into his pockets, stepped away and shrugged his vest off and balling it up.

He then reached down and picked up a bucket and tossed the water onto the flames, killing them instantly. He turned and left the house, locking it on the way as he moved down the walkway towards his Citroën.

He drove back to Sacramento silently; the only sound was the rumbling of the car. Once he pulled up to the familiar apartment, he stepped out and climbed the stairs. He opened the door with his personal key and stepped in. He saw Lisbon, sleeping on the chair with her head back and curled into it. A blanket was covering her body as she continued to sleep. He walked over to her and brushed his hand across her cheek.

Her eyes snapped open, "Patrick?" she moved, stretching slightly before standing up and falling into him, "Sorry, my foot fell asleep," she yawned and sleepily looked up at him, "You okay?"

He nodded, "Yeah, I think I will be," he leaned down and pressed a kiss to the corner of her mouth, "Let's go to bed."

They walked up the stairs, hand in hand.

I hope it was not a let down, I have been busy and completely lost a lot of things I use for writing (partial reason for my absence) also there's life (its sadly not like the game)

Reviews are very much appreciated :)